For 2020, Toyota offers a Clark Kent edition of its full-size Avalon sedan. You know: mild-mannered four-door steps into a phone booth, emerges with a snarl. So it is with the 2020 Avalon TRD. The aggressive new high-end trim stretches the Avalon’s performance metrics in…
Lexus invented the luxury crossover in 1998, when it debuted the midsize RX CUV. Seven years later, in 2005, Lexus dropped its gas-electric hybrid system into the RX, producing the world’s first electrified luxury vehicle. Lexus’s aggressive strategy has stood the test of time. Today,…
Honda is a lower-case automaker in an all-caps world. Better known for its engineering prowess than its marketing chops, it tends to do things quietly. In its understated way, Honda has set some big energy-efficiency goals for itself. By 2030, it plans to be selling…
There’s a new flagship in the Audi fleet, a flagship crossover. The 2019 Q8 is a midsize, five-passenger crossover that embodies the key attributes of the Audi brand. It has a fashionable, coupe-like profile, cutting-edge tech and an elegantly appointed cabin with room for five…